Manual of needlework. Teaching how to do Kensington, applique, cretonne, roman, cross-stitch, outline and other embroideries .. (1883)
Patten, Joseph L., Mrs · New York, Patten Publishing Co. · leaf 14
h, and is used sometimes in filling inparts of leaves, to give variety to the work. Larger dots are runround with cotton, and after being filled in, by passing the cottonacross the circle two or three times, the stitches are then worked inthe opposite direction, one laying closely by the side of… … and the material drawn or tucked under, or back, to where the leafis defined, then carefully sewed over and over, the stitches beingclose together. If an eyelet only is to be made, a stilletto piercedthrough the material will be all that is necessary, working over andover, as before stated. Be…
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